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IDirectDraw4::GetSurfaceFromDC

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This method retrieves the IDirectDrawSurface4 interface for a surface based on its GDI device context handle.

HRESULT GetSurfaceFromDC(
  HDC hdc,
  LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE4* lpDDS4
);

Parameters

  • hdc
    Handle to a display device context.
  • lpDDS4
    Address of a variable that will be filled with a valid IDirectDrawSurface4 interface pointer if the call succeeds.

Return Values

If the method succeeds, the return value is DD_OK.

If the method fails, the return value may be one of the following error values:

DDERR_GENERIC
DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS
DDERR_OUTOFMEMORY
DDERR_NOTFOUND

Remarks

This method will succeed only for device context handles that identify surfaces already associated with the DirectDraw object.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 2.12 and later. Version 2.12 requires DXPAK 1.0 or later.
Header: Ddraw.h.
Link Library: Ddraw.lib.

 Last updated on Thursday, April 08, 2004

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